August 16, 2019

DRC Ebola: August 16 update, with details on the South Kivu cases

The Technical Secretariat has emailed its August 16 update. Excerpt from the Google translation and then some comments:

MULTISECTORAL NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RESPONSE TO EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT

SUBJECT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT AUGUST 15, 2019.

Date: Friday, August 16, 2019

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,861, of which 2,767 confirmed and 94 probable. In total, there were 1,921 deaths (1,827 confirmed and 94 probable) and 849 people cured.

• 360 suspected cases under investigation;

• 9 new confirmed cases, including 5 in North Kivu, including 3 in Beni, 1 in Kalunguta and 1 in Musienene, 2 in Ituri in Mambasa and 2 in South Kivu in Mwenga;

• 8 new confirmed deaths, including 5 in North Kivu, 1 in Ituri and 1 in South Kivu:

º 5 community deaths, including 3 in North Kivu, including 2 in Beni and 1 in Kalunguta, 1 in Ituri in Mambasa and 1 in South Kivu in Mwenga;

º 3 deaths in CTEs, including 2 in North Kivu in Beni and 1 in Ituri in Komanda.

• 1 person cured out of CTE in North Kivu in Butembo;

• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed/probable cases among health workers is 153 (5% of all confirmed/probable cases), including 41 deaths.

/!\ The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.

News

New health zone affected by EVD in South Kivu

• A new health zone has been affected by Ebola Virus Disease in South Kivu Province;

• This is a 24 year old woman and her 7 month old son. On the mother's side, symptoms of EVD began to appear on August 4, 2019 in Beni, but she died on August 14 in Mwenga after consulting two health facilities, namely the Kangolo and Kilingutu Health Center;

• The sample taken from the deceased was tested positive on August 15, 2019 and her son was confirmed positive case MVE August 15, 2019. He is placed in isolation and will be put on treatment;

• According to initial investigations, the woman from Bukavu was living with a host family at the Mabolio Health Area in the Beni Health Zone in North Kivu Province. She was listed as a high-risk contact around a member of this family, confirmed MVE on July 25, 2019;

• On the twelfth day of her follow-up, on 06 August 2019, there was an alert about her move to Bukavu by the teams of the response and she was found accompanied by her two children (5 years and 7 months) at the Point of entry (PoE) from Kasindi, bordering Uganda;

• During her return to Beni, she escaped the response teams and continued her way from Kasindi to Beni, Butembo, Goma, Bukavu to Mwenga.

• During her journey, she escaped the vigilance of the various entry points and control points following a change of identity 4 times;

• Some actions have already been implemented around these two cases, including the dignified and safe burial (EDS) of the 24-year-old female body, the deployment of a multidisciplinary team of rapid intervention and the isolation of the baby, who has already started to be cared for. A recovered EVD patient is also part of the team deployed to care for the infant;

• The team's mission is to support the Mwenga health zone, the DPS and the South Kivu Province for one week in order to quickly circumscribe the home;

• A total of 120 contacts have already been listed around these two cases.

I'm greatly encouraged by the reliance of the response on Ebola survivors to care for current patients and children.

This is a good time to mention how to get Secretariat updates directly: Write to bulletinquotidien.ebola10@gmail.com and ask to be put on the mailing list. You can expect to get a Word document in French (easily converted to English with Google Translate), several graphs, and the daily table.

If you don't to get any more email than you already have, just follow the new Twitter account of the Comité Multisectoriel de la Riposte à la Maladie à Virus Ebola. They've just started up, and I have the pleasure of being their #3 follower. They're tweeting links to their updates and other news as well.

Comments

The Technical Secretariat has emailed its August 16 update. Excerpt from the Google translation and then some comments:

MULTISECTORAL NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RESPONSE TO EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE

TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT

SUBJECT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AT AUGUST 15, 2019.

Date: Friday, August 16, 2019

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 2,861, of which 2,767 confirmed and 94 probable. In total, there were 1,921 deaths (1,827 confirmed and 94 probable) and 849 people cured.

• 360 suspected cases under investigation;

• 9 new confirmed cases, including 5 in North Kivu, including 3 in Beni, 1 in Kalunguta and 1 in Musienene, 2 in Ituri in Mambasa and 2 in South Kivu in Mwenga;

• 8 new confirmed deaths, including 5 in North Kivu, 1 in Ituri and 1 in South Kivu:

º 5 community deaths, including 3 in North Kivu, including 2 in Beni and 1 in Kalunguta, 1 in Ituri in Mambasa and 1 in South Kivu in Mwenga;

º 3 deaths in CTEs, including 2 in North Kivu in Beni and 1 in Ituri in Komanda.

• 1 person cured out of CTE in North Kivu in Butembo;

• No health worker is among the new confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed/probable cases among health workers is 153 (5% of all confirmed/probable cases), including 41 deaths.

/!\ The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.

News

New health zone affected by EVD in South Kivu

• A new health zone has been affected by Ebola Virus Disease in South Kivu Province;

• This is a 24 year old woman and her 7 month old son. On the mother's side, symptoms of EVD began to appear on August 4, 2019 in Beni, but she died on August 14 in Mwenga after consulting two health facilities, namely the Kangolo and Kilingutu Health Center;

• The sample taken from the deceased was tested positive on August 15, 2019 and her son was confirmed positive case MVE August 15, 2019. He is placed in isolation and will be put on treatment;

• According to initial investigations, the woman from Bukavu was living with a host family at the Mabolio Health Area in the Beni Health Zone in North Kivu Province. She was listed as a high-risk contact around a member of this family, confirmed MVE on July 25, 2019;

• On the twelfth day of her follow-up, on 06 August 2019, there was an alert about her move to Bukavu by the teams of the response and she was found accompanied by her two children (5 years and 7 months) at the Point of entry (PoE) from Kasindi, bordering Uganda;

• During her return to Beni, she escaped the response teams and continued her way from Kasindi to Beni, Butembo, Goma, Bukavu to Mwenga.

• During her journey, she escaped the vigilance of the various entry points and control points following a change of identity 4 times;

• Some actions have already been implemented around these two cases, including the dignified and safe burial (EDS) of the 24-year-old female body, the deployment of a multidisciplinary team of rapid intervention and the isolation of the baby, who has already started to be cared for. A recovered EVD patient is also part of the team deployed to care for the infant;

• The team's mission is to support the Mwenga health zone, the DPS and the South Kivu Province for one week in order to quickly circumscribe the home;

• A total of 120 contacts have already been listed around these two cases.

I'm greatly encouraged by the reliance of the response on Ebola survivors to care for current patients and children.

This is a good time to mention how to get Secretariat updates directly: Write to bulletinquotidien.ebola10@gmail.com and ask to be put on the mailing list. You can expect to get a Word document in French (easily converted to English with Google Translate), several graphs, and the daily table.

If you don't to get any more email than you already have, just follow the new Twitter account of the Comité Multisectoriel de la Riposte à la Maladie à Virus Ebola. They've just started up, and I have the pleasure of being their #3 follower. They're tweeting links to their updates and other news as well.